Improvement in washing-machines



N. G. CLARY.

Improvement in Washing-Machines.

Patented May 16,1811

NATHAN covn 'OLARY, or NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTA- Letters Patent No.114,764, dated May 16, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHlNE S.

. The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NATHAN Govn OLARY, of

Northfield, in the county of Rice and State of Minnesota, have inventeda certain new and useful Washing-Machine, of which the following is aspecification.

Nature of the Invention.

This invention relates to an improvement in washing-machines; andconsists in the peculiar arrangemeut and construction of the parts, ashereinafter specified; also, in the peculiar construction of thedashcrs, whereby their length may be varied, as described; also, inconnection with the above, the special angular arrangement of therubb'efianmnd the inside of the tub.

General Description. In the drawing- Figure 1 is a verticalcross-section of my machine.

bers a are arranged alternately vertically and diagonally around thecylinder, for the purpose of imparting to the material being washed alifting and tumbling motion.

A lid or cover, 13, preferably made in two permanent and one centralremovable section b, as shown in the drawing, fits over the top of thecylinder A.

To the central section b of the cover is attached a support or bearing,0, which sustains a vertical segmental gear, D, which latter is providedwith and operated by a lever-arm, d, and conveys an alternate rotarymotion through the horizontal pinion E to the dasher-arms.

The pinion E is attached rigidly to the upper end of a hollow shaft orsleeve, c, which extends downward through a suitable opening in thecover B, and receives and fits into a slot of the horizontal crosspieceF, which supports the dashcrs F F and the whole being supported by andturning upon a rod, G,

having a head, g, at the lower end, and extending thence verticallyupward through the cross-piece F, sleeve e, and pinion E, and beingfinally secured to a cross-bar, c, of the bearing 0, by means of a nut,11, and screwethrcad.

In the form of dasher represented in fig. 1, which is intended for usewhen the machine is employed as a washer, one dasher, F is madeconsiderably shorter than the other, for the purpose of rendering theaction upon the clothes unequal; and both dashcrs are made adjustable inlength by means of an extension or tongue, h, pivoted in a slot or fork,f, of the dasher, into which it can be turned up, as shown in figs. 1and 3, when not required; or by turning it down the length of the dashcrmay be increased, as represented in dotted lines in fig. 3, in either ofwhich positions it is secured by a slide or clasp, in, entering slots,n, formed in either of its ends.

This machine is adapted to be used as a churn, in which case dashcrssimilar to those shown in figs. 2

and d are substituted, consisting simply of upright perforated heaters FThe operation is as follows:

When it is desired to use the machine as a washer the dashcrs F F, shownin figs. 1 and 3, are adjusted in place by inserting the lowerrectangular end of the sleeve 6 into the corresponding slot 'r of thecross- -piece F, and passing the bolt G through the whole, and securingit with the nut p on the upper side of its" bearing c.

The liquid and articles to be washed having previously been placed inthe tub, the central soctionb of the cover is again replaced and securedby ordinary buttons or other catches, and the machine is ready for work.By working the lever-handle cl back and forth laterally severalrevolutions of the dashcrs are obtained through the medium of the pinionE to every partial rcvolutionof the driving-segment D, thus admitting ofa very rapid alternate rotary motion of the dashcrs, and a thoroughagitation of the articles being washed. 7 The agitation is also greatlyaugmented by the relative inclination of ther'ubbersn, which'l avo atendency to lift and turn over the articles as they are drawn backwardand forward. As one of the dashers is longer than the other, there isalso an irregularity in the action, which adds greatly to theeffectivcpcss of the operation.

The length ofthe dashcrs may be varied, at pleasure, to suit the amountof material being washed, depth of liquid, 860., by folding or unfoldingthe oxtension 7:, which'is done by simply raising the clasp.

m and turning the extension it up or down as the case may be, and againsliding the clasp down into the slots n. By this means the relativelength of the dashcrs may be varied, as by lowering the extension h ofdashcr F thelatter may be made the same length as the dasher F when theextension of the latter is folded up.

am one,

When it is desired to use the machine as a churn the nut p is loosened,the rod G withdrawn, and the dashers F F replaced by the dashers F F,represented in figs. .iand 4, in the same manner as before described.Without any further preparation the device is then ready to be appliedto all the ordinary uses for which a churn is employed. The dashers,

being preferably perforated, cut through and work the material to betteradvantage.

The advantages of my arrangement are obvious. The machine is simple,cheap, and durable, and

answers the double purpose of a washing-machine and churn; and while theetfectiveness of either operation is in nowise lessened by thecombination, the

effects a thorough cleansing of the material acted upon.

I am aware that washing-machines have before been employed in whichthe-dashers have had an alternate rotary motion imparted to them; also,that rubbers have been placed around the inside of a washing-machine,and I'do not therefore claim such broadly; bill; i

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The dashers F F, one longer than the other, and both provided withsektension's h h pivoted in corresponding grooves f f, in which theyturn up or down to increase or diminish the length of the dash ers, andbeing held in either position by clasps m,

which enter slots at.

2. The rubbers a a, when arranged alternately vertically and diagonally,in combination with the dashers F F, when the same are constructed andoperated substantially in the manner as herein shown and described. I

In witness whereof I have hereunto signedmy name in the presence of two,subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses: NATHAN GOVE OLARY.

I. S. ALLEN, W. H. EOKLES.

